Column: On the side of protecting the public

4:05 PM,
Feb. 10, 2013

Owens

Written by

Col Owens

Professor Hugh Henry of Northern Kentucky University castigates me for challenging the unwillingness of some in our community to increase water rates $8 a month in order to insure safer drinking water. A few responses.

Prof. Henry notes EPA's lack of certainty about the association between the chemicals in question and cancer. Yet in addressing the question why EPA imposes this regulation, he acknowledges it is being proactive because it believes there is "a weak association that is worthy of concern." Prof. Henry then characterizes that as "bureaucracy out of control."